The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1887-10-22
THE LIMEKILN CLUB.

angle sounded before the smoke In
M Paradise Hall would permit the
Y members to see each other
When it had at last thinned out
Brother Gardner said:
eNicodemus Pembroke Scott, q
! local member of this lodge, has
crossed in Canada an will not re-
appear among us. Fur de las
three months have been expectin'
some SIGH climax, an dis maunin' /,
when a messenger informed me dat
he had disappeared arter failin' to
shoot hisself wild an ole boss pis-
toll, war not q bit surprised. He
leaves wife and two chiil'en an
about fifty creditors.
"AYhat sent him of? De same
reason dat am daily workin' to
bring around another panic-de
same reasons dat explain de hun
doeds OBJ bizness failures-de same
reason dat am cripplin de efforts
of thousands Of hard workin' men
to secure homes of der own-fam-
lily extravaganza. No, you can't
call it extravaganza; foolery am
better name for it. Up to q var
ago Brudder Scott was jobbin'
around and maxim 81 day. Den
he got situation by which he |
earned $14 per week. He was poo
off in de house and had debts hang
ing ober him, but heah was a
chance to get chen. How was it
improved? In less dan one month
his wife was rugged out wild $40
dress, twelve shillin' kids, IS hat
and an opera fan. He had no peace
OBJ min unless he obeyed her. In
six weeks she became too high |
toned to wash an iron fur oder
folkses. In two months she want
ed a better house, wild a red parlor
carpet an cane seat chairs all
aroun' de room. In three months
she had to have black silk dress,
gold bracelets, tony bunnet, kid
shoes an gold film in her teef.
"Dat foolery has reaped its har-
vest. De husband found dat he
,yas sunnin' benin, his home was
bein' neglected, his wife was bein'
.gossiped about, an in despair he
picked Up his feet and slid out. 1t
was de natural result. I tell you,
my frens, de tomfoolery Of de We
men of dis kentry am strainin' on
de chalk line till the cord can't
stan much mo-, an it am high
time dat somebody sots his foot
down. De man who Arms $25 per
week has somehow got the ideah
into Ills head dat de world expects
him to dress his wife as if he arm
ed bankers income. Wives Of
men who can't keep up with their
house rent am canterin' up an
down wild sealskin sacques an sc
shoes. Wives of men who have to
dodgethS butcher an grocer an
tailor On now selectin' fall carpets
an ordsin' $50 lambrequins.
Wives Of men who couldn't raise
$5nat dc bank to save der necks,
am rushin' to balls an parties to
have der expensive dresses de-
scribed for dc benefit of de public.
"De SO called society of dc aige
am composed of false hair, false
pretenses, debt dodgin' an base de-
cepshun. Our rich people am dis
tinguished by their plain clothes
and quiet manners. De snides an
dudes an dodos do all de swagger-
ing, rush on all de colors and
monopolize the biggest sheer OBJ de
street. You wait De man who
libes another ten years will h'ar
sunthin' drap, an arter de drap
takes place de thousands of idiots
who now feel ashamed to admit
that dey doan keep but two servant
girls in the house, will so back to
der cook stoves and wash tubs an
take der proper place in der pur-
ceshun.-Detroit Free Press.
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